Privacy policy

Amelia Walker Counselling is committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of any personal information you provide to us. We comply with the Commonwealth Privacy Act and other relevant state laws in relation to the management of personal information.

This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that Amelia Walker Counselling, and the ways in which we use that personal information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION

We may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:

  • information about interactions carried out over this website (including but not limited to personal communications with Amelia Walker Counselling and personal information that may include health related information); and

  • any other information that you send to Amelia Walker Counselling.

Should you contact me via this website or phone, any information disclosed will remain confidential and secure at all times. This applies to any notes I keep for sessions with my clients. There are three exceptions to to this confidentiality:

  • Should you disclose that you or any one you know is at risk of harm, I would have to inform the relevant authorities.

  • Should your notes be subpoenaed by a court of law

  • As part of my professional development I undertake supervision. During supervision I may discuss my clients but any identifying features would be made anonymous

This policy is In line with the Code of Ethics of the governing body, PACFA of which I am a registered member.

USING PERSONAL INFORMATION

Amelia Walker Counselling may use your personal information to:

  • send to you statements and invoices; and

  • collect payments from you.

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, Amelia Walker Counselling may disclose your personal information to the extent that we are required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.

SECURING YOUR DATA

Amelia Walker Counselling will take all reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store personal information you provide on secure third party servers, and may store hard copies of personal and/or clinical information in secured locked storage.

We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices or storage security of any third party provider.

CONTACT

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please email: hello@ameliawalkercounselling.com

Date updated: 25 May 2020